Nimba Shrew

Nimba Shrew: Nimba Shrew

Conservation status

Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Soricomorpha

Family: Soricidae

Genus: Crocidura

Species: C. nimbae

Binomial name

Crocidura nimbae
Heim de Balsac, 1956

Nimba Shrew range

The Nimba Shrew (Crocidura nimbae) is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Source

Hutterer, R. 2004. Crocidura nimbae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.

v · d · eExtant species of order Soricomorpha

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Infraclass: Eutheria · Superorder: Laurasiatheria

Family Soricidae, subfamily Crocidurinae

Crocidura
(White-toothed
shrews)
Cyrenaica Shrew (C. aleksandrisi) · East African Highland Shrew (C. allex) · Andaman Shrew (C. andamanensis) · C. annamitensis · Ansell's Shrew (C. ansellorum) · Arabian Shrew (C. arabica) · Jackass Shrew (C. arispa) · Armenian Shrew (C. armenica) · Asian Gray Shrew (C. attenuata) · Hun Shrew (C. attila) · Bailey's Shrew (C. baileyi) · Kinabalu Shrew (C. baluensis) · C. cranbrooki · Long-footed Shrew (C. crenata) · Crosse's Shrew (C. crossei) · Reddish-gray Musk Shrew (C. cyanea) · Dent's Shrew (C. denti) · Desperate Shrew (C. desperata) · Dhofar Shrew (C. dhofarensis) · Long-tailed Musk Shrew (C. dolichura) · Doucet's Musk Shrew (C. douceti) · Dsinezumi Shrew (C. dsinezumi) · Eisentraut's Shrew (C. eisentrauti) · Elgon Shrew (C. elgonius) · Elongated Shrew (C. elongata) · Heather Shrew (C. erica) · Fischer's Shrew (C. fischeri) · Greater Red Musk Shrew (C. flavescens) · Flower's Shrew (C. floweri) · Bornean Shrew (C. foetida) · Fox's Shrew (C. foxi) · Southeast Asian Shrew (C. fuliginosa) · Savanna Shrew (C. fulvastra) · Smoky White-toothed Shrew (C. fumosa) · Bicolored Musk Shrew (C. fuscomurina) · Glass's Shrew (C. glassi) · Gmelin's White-toothed Shrew (C. gmelini) · Goliath Shrew (C. goliath) · Peters's Musk Shrew (C. gracilipes) · Large-headed Shrew (C. grandiceps) · Greater Mindanao Shrew (C. grandis) · Grasse's Shrew (C. grassei) · Luzon Shrew (C. grayi) · Greenwood's Shrew (C. greenwoodi) · C. guy · Harenna Shrew (C. harenna) · C. hikmiya · Hildegarde's Shrew (C. hildegardeae) · Hill's Shrew (C. hilliana) · Lesser Red Musk Shrew (C. hirta) · Andaman Spiny Shrew (C. hispida) · Horsfield's Shrew (C. horsfieldii) · Hutan Shrew (C. hutanis) · North African White-toothed Shrew (C. ichnusae) · C. phanluongi · Soricidae, subfamily Crocidurinae (Cont.)

Diplomesodon
Piebald Shrew (D. pulchellum)

Feroculus
Kelaart's Long-clawed Shrew (F. feroculus)

Paracrocidura
(Large-headed
shrews)
Grauer's Large-headed Shrew (P. graueri) · Greater Large-headed Shrew (P. maxima) · Lesser Large-headed Shrew (P. schoutedeni)

Ruwenzorisorex
Ruwenzori Shrew (R. suncoides)

Scutisorex
Armored Shrew (S. somereni)

Solisorex
Pearson's Long-clawed Shrew (S. pearsoni)

Suncus
Sylvisorex
(Forest shrews)

S. akaibei · Cameroonian Forest Shrew (S. cameruniensis) · Grant's Forest Shrew (S. granti) · Howell's Forest Shrew (S. howelli) · Bioko Forest Shrew (S. isabellae) · Johnston's Forest Shrew (S. johnstoni) · Kongana Shrew (S. konganensis) · Moon Forest Shrew (S. lunaris) · Mount Cameroon Forest Shrew (S. morio) · Greater Forest Shrew (S. ollula) · Lesser Forest Shrew (S. oriundus) · Rain Forest Shrew (S. pluvialis) · Volcano Shrew (S. vulcanorum)

Family Soricidae, subfamily Soricinae

Anourosoricini

Anourosorex
(Mole shrews)

Assam Mole Shrew (A. assamensis) · Giant Mole Shrew (A. schmidi) · Chinese Mole Shrew (A. squamipes) · Taiwanese Mole Shrew (A. yamashinai)

Blarinellini

Blarinella
(Asiatic
short-tailed shrews)

Indochinese Short-tailed Shrew (B. griselda) · Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew (B. quadraticauda) · Burmese Short-tailed Shrew (B. wardi)

Blarinini

Blarina
(American
short-tailed shrews)

Northern Short-tailed Shrew (B. brevicauda) · Southern Short-tailed Shrew (B. carolinensis) · Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew (B. hylophaga) · Everglades Short-tailed Shrew (B. peninsulae)

Cryptotis
(Small-eared
shrews)

C. mexicana group: Mexican Small-eared Shrew (C. mexicana) · Nelson's Small-eared Shrew (C. nelsoni) · C. lacertosus · C. mam · Nectogalini

Chimarrogale
(Asiatic
water shrews)

Malayan Water Shrew (C. hantu) · Himalayan Water Shrew (C. himalayica) · Bornean Water Shrew (C. phaeura) · Japanese Water Shrew (C. platycephalus) · Chinese Water Shrew (C. styani) · Sumatran Water Shrew (C. sumatrana)

Chodsigoa

Van Sung's Shrew (C. caovansunga) · De Winton's Shrew (C. hypsibia) · Lamulate Shrew (C. lamula) · Lowe's Shrew (C. parca) · Pygmy Brown-toothed Shrew (C. parva) · Salenski's Shrew (C. salenskii) · Smith's Shrew (C. smithii) · Lesser Taiwanese Shrew (C. sodalis)

Episoriculus

Hodgsons's Brown-toothed Shrew (E. caudatus) · Taiwanese Brown-toothed Shrew (E. fumidus) · Long-tailed Brown-toothed Shrew (E. leucops) · Long-tailed Mountain Shrew (E. macrurus)

Nectogale

Elegant Water Shrew (N. elegans)

Neomys

Mediterranean Water Shrew (N. anomalus) · Eurasian Water Shrew (N. fodiens) · Transcaucasian Water Shrew (N. teres)

Soriculus

Himalayan Shrew (S. nigrescens)

Notiosoricini

Megasorex

Mexican Shrew (M. gigas)

Notiosorex

Cockrum's Gray Shrew (N. cockrumi) · Crawford's Gray Shrew (N. crawfordi) · Large-eared Gray Shrew (N. evotis) · Villa's Gray Shrew (N. villai)

Family Soricidae, subfamily Soricinae (Tribe Soricini)

Sorex
(Long-tailed
shrews)

Subgenus
Otisorex

Long-tailed Shrew (S. dispar) · Smoky Shrew (S. fumeus) · Gaspé Shrew (S. gaspensis) · American Pygmy Shrew (S. hoyi) · Large-toothed Shrew (S. macrodon) · Carmen Mountain Shrew (S. milleri) · Dwarf Shrew (S. nanus) · Mexican Long-tailed Shrew (S. oreopolus) · Orizaba Long-tailed Shrew (S. orizabae) · Ornate Shrew (S. ornatus) · Inyo Shrew (S. tenellus) · Verapaz Shrew (S. veraepacis)
S. vagrans complex: Glacier Bay Water Shrew (S. alaskanus) · Baird's Shrew (S. bairdii) · Marsh Shrew (S. bendirii) · Montane Shrew (S. monticolus) · New Mexico Shrew (S. neomexicanus) · Pacific Shrew (S. pacificus) · American Water Shrew (S. palustris) · Fog Shrew (S. sonomae) · Vagrant Shrew (S. vagrans)
S. cinereus group: Kamchatka Shrew (S. camtschatica) · Cinereus Shrew (S. cinereus) · Prairie Shrew (S. haydeni) · Saint Lawrence Island Shrew (S. jacksoni) · Paramushir Shrew (S. leucogaster) · Southeastern Shrew (S. longirostris) · Mount Lyell Shrew (S. lyelli) · Portenko's Shrew (S. portenkoi) · Preble's Shrew (S. preblei) · Pribilof Island Shrew (S. pribilofensis) · Olympic Shrew (S. rohweri) · Barren Ground Shrew (S. ugyunak)

Subgenus
Sorex

incertae sedis

Arizona Shrew (S. arizonae) · Zacatecas Shrew (S. emarginatus) · Merriam's Shrew (S. merriami) · Kashmir Pygmy Shrew (S. planiceps) · Saussure's Shrew (S. saussurei) · Sclater's Shrew (S. sclateri) · San Cristobal Shrew (S. stizodon) · Tibetan Shrew (S. thibetanus) · Trowbridge's Shrew (S. trowbridgii) · Chestnut-bellied Shrew (S. ventralis) · Veracruz Shrew (S. veraecrucis)

Family Soricidae, subfamily Myosoricinae

Congosorex
(Congo shrews)
Myosorex
(Forest and mouse
shrews)

Babault's Mouse Shrew (M. babaulti) · Montane Mouse Shrew (M. blarina) · Dark-footed Mouse Shrew (M. cafer) · Eisentraut's Mouse Shrew (M. eisentrauti) · Geata Mouse Shrew (M. geata) · Surdisorex
(African
mole shrews)

Aberdare Mole Shrew (S. norae) · Mount Kenya Mole Shrew (S. polulus)

Family Talpidae

Scalopinae
(New World moles
and relatives)

Condylura

Star-nosed Mole (C. cristata)

Parascalops

Hairy-tailed Mole (P. breweri)

Scalopus

Eastern Mole (S. aquaticus)

Scapanulus

Gansu Mole (S. oweni)

Scapanus
(Western North
American moles)

Broad-footed Mole (S. latimanus) · Coast Mole (S. orarius) · Townsend's Mole (S. townsendii)

Talpinae
(Old World moles
and relatives)

Euroscaptor

Greater Chinese Mole (E. grandis) · Kloss's Mole (E. klossi) · Long-nosed Mole (E. longirostris) · Himalayan Mole (E. micrura) · Japanese Mountain Mole (E. mizura) · Small-toothed Mole (E. parvidens)

Mogera

Echigo Mole (M. etigo) · Insular Mole (M. insularis) · Kano Mole (M. kanoana) · Kobe Mole (M. kobeae) · Small Japanese Mole (M. imaizumii) · Large Mole (M. robusta) · Sado Mole (M. tokudae) · Japanese Mole (M. wogura) · Senkaku Mole (M. uchidai)

Parascaptor

White-tailed Mole (P. leucura)

Scaptochirus

Short-faced Mole (S. moschatus)

Talpa

Altai Mole (T. altaica) · Blind Mole (T. caeca) · Caucasian Mole (T. caucasica) · European Mole (T. europaea) · Père David's Mole (T. davidiana) · Levant Mole (T. levantis) · Spanish Mole (T. occidentalis) · Roman Mole (T. romana) · Balkan Mole (T. stankovici)

Scaptonyx

Long-tailed Mole (S. fusicaudus)

Desmana

Russian Desman (D. moschata)

Galemys

Pyrenean Desman (G. pyrenaicus)

Dymecodon

True's Shrew Mole (D. pilirostris)

Urotrichus

Japanese Shrew Mole (U. talpoides)

Neurotrichus

American Shrew Mole (N. gibbsii)

Uropsilinae
(Chinese
shrew-like moles)

Uropsilus

Anderson's Shrew Mole (U. andersoni) · Gracile Shrew Mole (U. gracilis) · Inquisitive Shrew Mole (U. investigator) · Chinese Shrew Mole (U. soricipes)

Family Solenodontidae

Solenodon
Cuban Solenodon (S. cubanus) · Hispaniolan Solenodon (S. paradoxus)

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Nimba Shrew
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Soricomorpha
Family:	Soricidae
Genus:	Crocidura
Species:	C. nimbae
Binomial name
*Crocidura nimbae* Heim de Balsac, 1956

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